Telegram-herald., 1887-08-17


are, however, given, each OF which wousc
suffice 10 account for it, The first is that the
name owes its origin To the great quantity OF
gold that is found in the land. Indeed, in
this respect Zu-Vendis is q veritable Eldorado.
the precious metal being extraordinarily plen-
tiful
The second reason given Is, that at certain
seasons of the year TIE native grasses Of the
country, which are very sweet and good
turn as yellow rs ripe corn; and the third
arises from tradition that the people were
originally yellow skinned, but grew white
after living for many generations upon theso
high lands ZuVendis is a county about
the Eze Of France, is, roughly speaking, oval
in shape, and on every side cut of from the
surrounding territory by illimitable forests Of
inpenetrable thorn, beyond which arc said t.
be hundreds of miles Of moraSses, deserts and
great mountains. 1t is, in short a huge, high
table land rising up III the center Of the dark
continent, much as in southern Africa fat
topped mountains rise from the level Of the
surrounding veldt Milosis itself lies. accord
ing TO my aneroid, at level Of about 1900
feet above the sea, but most OF the land is
even higher, the greatest elevation Of the
opsn country being, | believe, about IL 600
feet As a consequence the climate is, cosn-
paratively speaking, a cold one, being very
similar to that Of southern England, only
brighter and not So rainy. The land is. how
ever, exceedingly fertile. and grows all cereals
and temperate fruits and timber 70 perfec-
ton: aud in tho lower lying parts even pro-
duces a hardy variety OF sugar cane. Coal is
found in great abundance. and IN many places
crops out from tae surface: and so is pure
marble, both black and white TIE same
may be said Of ain ost every metal ercept
silver, which Is scar =, and only 20 be Oh
tanned from range Of mountains in the
north.
Zl-Vendis comprises in her. boundaries a
great variety q scenery. including two
ranges Of snowclad mountains. one on the
western boundary .eyond the impenetrable
belt Of thorn forest and the other piercing
the country from north - south. and passing
at distance Of about eighty miles from NJ 10
sis from which town is higher peaks are
distinctly visible. This range forms the chief
watershed of tho land. There are also three
large lskes-tho biggest, namely that where
on We eTnerEe3. and which Is famed Eiioais
after the city, covering some 20 square
miles q country-and numerous small ones.
some q them salt.
Tie pop<sie'iol q this favored lard is. com
parativrlv ~peakiBg. dense. nu-ubarin- e a
rough estimsfe from 100000 70 2o,s 900
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formsti0B- Their written records. which ex-
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